FLOWERS v. FIORE

C.A. No. 01-250T.

239 F.Supp.2d 173 (2003)

Bernard FLOWERS, Plaintiff, v. Officer Darren FIORE, Officer Larry Silvestri, Officer Michael Garafola, all individually and in their official capacities as Town of Westerly Police Officers, The Town of Westerly, Nicholas Castagna, President of the Town Council, for the Town of Westerly, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Cicilline, Thomas G. Briody, Esq., Providence, RI, for Plaintiff Bernard Flowers.

Michael J. Colucci, Olenn & Penza, Warwick, RI, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, Chief Judge.

Bernard Flowers brought this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that officers of the Westerly, Rhode Island Police Department violated his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution when they detained him on September 24, 2001. More specifically, Flowers alleges that he was detained without justification; solely because he is an African-American and...

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